3.3. Version 6.0.0 (2018-12-18)

This is a major update. The following major new features were added:

  • Implemented support for exporting a virtual machine to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

  • User interface: greatly improved HiDPI and scaling support, including better detection and per-machine configuration

  • Major rework of user interface with simpler and more powerful application and virtual machine set-up

  • User interface: a new file manager enabling user to control the guest file system and copy files between host and guest.

  • Graphics: major update of 3D graphics support for Windows guests, and VMSVGA 3D graphics device emulation on Linux and Solaris guests

  • Added support for surround speaker setups (as used by Windows 10 Build 1809)

  • Added utility vboximg-mount on Apple hosts to access the content of guest disks on the host

  • Added support for using Hyper-V as the fallback execution core on Windows host, to avoid inability to run VMs at the price of reduced performance

In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:

  • Execution core: fixed single-stepping in certain circumstances (bug #17316)

  • User interface: video and audio recording can now be separately enabled

  • Audio/Video recording fixes and improvements

  • Audio: better support for attaching and detaching remote desktop connections

  • Serial port emulation fixes

  • Serial ports: allow changing the serial port attachment while a machine is running (bug #6115)

  • Networking: Added a workaround for older guests which do not enable bus mastering for the virtio PCI device

  • Networking: fixed wrong RCODE from DNS AAAA query with --natdnshostresolver1 (bug #18171)

  • iSCSI: In cases where there is no ambiguity, the LUN of an iSCSI target is automatically determined, for targets with non-zero LUNs

  • Transparently resize disk images when merging if possible

  • VBoxManage: support for DHCP options

  • Fixed VNC/RDP (bug #18153)

  • Guest Control: various new interfaces and features (see SDK documentation)

  • Linux hosts: support Linux 4.20 (thank you Larry Finger)

  • Solaris: installer fixes

  • Shared folders: performance improvements

  • Guest Additions: improved shared folder auto-mounting

  • Windows Guest Additions: fix incorrect tablet co-ordinate handling with recent Windows 10 builds

  • Linux Additions: fix for building vboxvideo on EL 7.6 standard kernel, contributed by Robert Conde (bug #18093)

  • Linux guests: support Linux 4.20 (thank you Larry Finger)

  • Linux guests: support VMSVGA in the Linux and X11 Additions

  • MacOS Guest Additions: initial support

  • OS/2 Guest Additions: initial shared folder support

  • BIOS fixes

  • ACPI: Up to four custom ACPI tables can now be configured for a VM